They’ll just fire them and replace them with something like AWS Mechanical Turk...the math is easy to calculate when hiring a person is cheaper than outsourcing it, so I hope they’re watching those numbers.

A model 3 in 2022 started at $47k. Now it’s $42k and qualifies for $7500 federal rebate. At $35k it absolutely competes directly with a camry hybrid. 

I live in Southern California and yeah, no shit.

But why would someone block Marjorie Taylor Greene???

Social media influencers these days are starting to look like beauty clones. You know the look: a full pout, perfectly arched eyebrows, maybe some expertly applied eyeliner, topped off with a healthy dose of highlighter and cheek contouring. With a few makeup brushes, a contour palette and some matte lip color, you…

I've made this comment elsewhere, but when you drive mostly in a rural area you can feel the range anxiety and definitely plan ahead. My town had one pump open until 6pm on weeknights, earlier on weekends. Next pump was probably 20 miles away and also not open that late. Always good to have a can of gas in a pinch. 

I had the pleasure of borrowing a vehicle capable of handling 350kW of charging for a week or so last year. On the flip side of this, I pulled up to a charging station with different chargers (EVGo), and even I, a person who knew about charging speeds and the vehicle I was is, found it impossible to identify the…

That Tesla situation is rare, though. In my northeast experience, all of the Tesla stations are almost always empty. Maybe 1 or 2 cars charging with 10-15 spots open.

I’m really surprised there hasn’t been proper EV stations yet with a convenience store attached + maybe a restaurant. If it were attached to a business they would be highly incentivized to keep the equipment working so people come in an buy snacks etc.

Saturation also fixes that issue, which is the same issue that used to show up where costco style lines for tesla chargers could be seen at the halfway points between SF and LA. 

I get that you are a small-time voice over hobbyist ( I think there’s three people at my company who do VO work as a side gig ), then yeah, you sign your thing and go in an do your radio ad or whatever without reading the small print.

Some actors have been made to sign contracts with these clauses built in, others don’t even know the clause exists until after they’ve signed.

It’s going to change art because it’s going to drastically limit the number of artists who can stay in business long enough to get good.

Every study so far points to the fact that A.I. Art rarely copies an actual image. It mainly does what living artists do, studies a style and does art in that style.

I guess we’re all buggy-whip manufacturers, now.

I see them often too but you’re probably just seeing the same ones over and over again. According to the state’s Energy Commission on 3,392 Polestar 2s were registered in California in 2022. They don’t sell many.

Important to note: that last point is NOT TRUE!

Both springback and crumpling problems are the result of faster work hardening in stainless steel relative to carbon steel. The crumple zone thing is just a math problem. You can certainly account for decreased plastic energy dissipation in the structural design. But if boy wonder already had a product launch before…

I mean, as cool as it sounds, Jalops who want a hot Prius + the engineers who want it probably only makes like 30 people.